The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-10-07

-, soH Tue origin OF TINS great evil
What are some OF the baleful effectsf Fist
of all It cripples Investigation You are
wrong, and am right, and that ends it. 10
taste for exploration, no spirit of inyestiea-
ton. From the glorious realm Of COTS
truth, over which an archangel might fly
from eternity TO eternity and not reach the
limit. the man shuts himself out and dies, a
blind mole under corn shock. 1t stops al
investigation.
While each denomination OF Christians Is
10 present all the truths of the Bible. it seems
10 me that God has given to each denomina-
ton an especial mission to give particular
emphasis to some one doctrine: and so the
Calvinistic churches must present the sovtr-
signify Of God. and the ArIninian church Is
must present mans free agency, and the
Episcopal churches must present the import
lnce Of order and solemn ceremony, and the
Baptist churches must present the necessity
Of ordinances, and the Congreg ational church
must present the responsibility OF the indi-
vidual member. and the Methodist church
must show what holy enthusiasm and hearty
congregational singing can accomplish
While each denomination Of Christians must
set forth all the doctrines of the Bible. feel
It IS especially incumbent upon each denomi-
nation TO put particular emphasis upon some
one doctrine.
Another great damage done by the secta-
riAnisIn and higotry Of the church is that it
disgusts people with the Christian religion
Now, my friends, the Church OF God was
never intended for a war barrack. People
are afraid Of riot You go down the street
and you see an excitement, and missiles fly
ing through tho air, andyou hear the shock
OF firearms. Doyou, the peaceful and IN
dustrious citizen. 90 through that street,
''Oh, nor you will say, IN go around the
block Now, men come and look upon this
narrow path 10 heaven, and sometimes see
the ecclesiastical briekbats flying every
whittier, and they say: well, guess I'll take
the broad road; II it Is so rough, and there IS
~ much sharp shooting on the 8arrow road, /
guess Ill Try the broad road"
Francis l. 50 hated the Lutherans that he
said II be thought there was one drop OF
Lutheran blood in his veins he would pune
ture them and let that drop out Just as long
as there is so much hostility between denomi-
nation and denomination, or between one
proiessed Christian and another, or between
one church and another, just so long men
will be disguised with the Christian religion
and say; IF that is religion, want none of
it,
Again, bigotry and sectarianim do great
damage in the tact that they hinder the tri-
umph OF the Gospel Oh, how much wasted
ammunition, how many men OF splendid in
tellect have given their whole life to contro-
sersiai disputes, when, il they had given
their life 70 something practical, they might
have been vastly useful Suppose this morn
ing, while | speak, there were common en-
envy coming up the bay through the NarroWS,
and all the forts around New York began 10
IRE into each other-you would cry out,
National suicidel Why don't those forts
blaze away in one direction, and that against
the common enemyr And vet / sometimes
sc in the church Of the Lord Jesus Christ
strange thing going on-church against
church, minister against minister, denomina-
ton against denomination, firing away into
Ht.nHss Tort h.. frysf Nxylsls sh
b be oc the same side, instead Of concentrat-
Ing their energy and giving one mighty and
everlasting voley against the navieS of dark
ness riding up through the bayl
/ go out sometimes in the summer, and
find two beehives. and these two hives are in
a quarrel ! come near enough, not TO be
stung, but / come just near enough to hear
the controversy, and one beehive says THAT
field OF clover is the sweetest and Tn
other BEEHIVE says: That field OF
clover is the sweetest 1 come in be
tween them, and l say: stop this quarrel: If
you'll Ike that field Of clover best. go there; if
you Ike that field Of clover best, 60 there;
but let me tel you that that hive which gets
the most honey is the best hive So come
out between the churches Of the Lord Jesus
Christ. One denomination of Christians
says 81 That field OF Christian doctrine is
best and enother says 1" This field of Chris
tan doctrine is best Well, say : Go
best church which gets the most honey OF
Christian grace for the heart, and the most
honey OF Christian usefulness for the life.
Besides that, II you want to build up any
denomination, you will never build it up by
trying 10 pull some other down. Intolerance
never put anything down. How much has
intolerance accomplished, for instance,
against the Methodist Church, For long
years her ministry were forbidden the pull
pits Of Great Britain. Why was it that so
many Of them preached in the fieldsi Sim
ply because they could not get into the
churches And tho name of the church vas
given IN derision and as a sarcasm The crit
= Of the church said: They have no order,
they have no metLod in, their worship" and
The critics, therefore, in irony called them
'Methodists.n
am told that in Astor library New York,
kept as curiosities, there are 7O7 book; and
pamphlets against Methodism Did intoler-
ance stop that churchi No; it is either first
or second amid the denominations Of Chris
tendon, her missionary stations in all parts
OF the world, her men not only important in |
religious trusts, but important also in |
secular trusts Church marching on, and |
the more intolerance against it, the faster it
marches.
What did intolerance accomplish against
the Baptist Churchi If laughing scorn and /
tirads could have destroyed the church it
would not 70 day have a disciple left.
The Baptists were hurled out OF Boston in
the oiden times. Those who sympathized
with them were c0nfined. and when a petition
was offered asking leniency in their behalf
al men who signed il were indicted Has in
tolerance stopped the Baptist Church, The
at statistics in regard to it showed about
p, 90 churches and about ?, 500, 600 communi-
;anfs Intolerance never put down anything.
In England a law was made against the
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hrust down the jew, and declared that no
lew should hold an official position. Whit
anne Of II Were the Jews destroyed Was
heir religion overthrown No. Who be
afne prime minister Of England years
Igoi Who was the next 10 the throne! Who
vas higher than the throne because he was
iounseiOr and adviseri The descendant of a
lew What were we celebrating in all our
hurches as well as synagogues a few years
goi The one hundredth birthday anniver-
ary OF Montefore, the great Jewish philan-
hropist- Intolerance never yet put down
nything.
III. But now, my friends, having shown
'0u the origin OF bigotry or sectarianisni, ana
laving shown you the damage il does lwant
lriefiy to show you how we are TO war against
bis terrible evil, and 1 think we ought to
,e-,in our war by realizing our weakness and
ur imperfections. II we make 50 many
mistakes p the common affairs of life, IS 1t
Ot possible that we may make MISTAKES HI
egari 70 our religious atfaiTsi Shall we
AXE a man by the throat, or by the collar,
ecause he cannot see religious truths just as
re d0i In the light OF eternity it VIII be
ound out, / think. there was something
Erung In al our cree1s, and something right !
q all cur creels. But since we may make >
mistakes in regard TO things Of the world. do
ot let Us be egotistic, and so pulled up as TO
ave an idea that we cannot make any mis- ,
AXE in regard TO religious theories. And
hen I think we viii do a great deal 10 over
brow the sectarianism from our hearts, and
be sectaria1ism from the world. by chiefly
nlarging upon those things in which we
gree rather than those on which we differ. I
Now. here is a great Gospel platform A
IAN comes up on this side the platform and
lys: Il don't believe in baby sprinkling.n
hall shove him OFF Here is man coming j
. on this side the platform. and he says: Il
ont believe in the perseverance OF the
liuts Shall shove him of No. l viii s
". do YOU believe in the Lord Jesus as
our Saviorf Do you trust Him for time and s
" eternityF He says: YES 40 you ,
Ike Christ for tine and for eternityp
Yes / say: Come on. brothers; one in {